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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
I LOVE YOU LITTLE
I LOVE YOU BIG,
I LOVE YOU LIKE
A LITTLE PIG.
Submitter comment: MISSOURI, 1940
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
SOLEMN PYATHEEK--WHICH IS LEBANESE FOR "GOD BLESS
YOUR HANDS," IS USED AS AN EXPRESSION OF YOUR APPRECIATION
FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
Data entry tech comment: AGREEMENT OF PRONOUNS?
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
REMEMBER ME/ REMEMBER YOU,/ REMEMBER THE DAY/ I FOUND YOU AT THE ZOO.
Submitter comment: FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1963.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF GRAY
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND TURNED AWAY.
REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF BROWN
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND TURNED YOU DOWN.
BUT REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF BLUE
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND ASKED FOR TWO.
Submitter comment: FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1963.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; COUPLETS ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REPETITION EYE COLOR ; RHYME: AABBCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 01-00-1963
COURTING CUSTOM: ENGAGEMENT RINGS
WHEN IT IS UNDERSTOOD BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN THAT THEY ARE
TO BE MARRIED, A BINDING SYMBOL IS USUALLY GIVEN BY THE MAN TO
THE WOMAN. THE SYMBOL USED MOST OFTEN IS A RING WORN ON THE LEFT
HAND. THIS IS CALLED AN ENGAGEMENT TO BE MARRIED. HENCE, THE
NAME OF THIS RING IS OFTEN CALLED THE 'ENGAGEMENT RING.'
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT KNOWS THIS BECAUSE HE'S ENGAGED. HE LEARNED THIS WAS THE
PROPER COURTSHIP CUSTOM BEFORE MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Engagement ring |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
THEY SAY THAT LOVE IS SIN/ I NEVER ASKED THEM WHY
BUT IF I SIN BY LOVING YOU/ I'LL SIN UNTIL I DIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): QUATRAIN LOVE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN ALL YOUR DAYS ARE OVER,
AND EARTH YOU NO MORE TROD,
MAY YOUR NAME BE WRITTEN IN GOLD,
IN THE MEMORY BOOK OF GOD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
LIFES BATTLES DONT ALWAYS GO TO THE STRONGER OR FASTER MAN,
BUT SOONER OR LATER THE MAN WHO WINS IS THE FELLOW WHO
THINKS HE CAN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
MIZSLE = LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: MAZAS PUODELIS, SKANI KOSELE - A SMALL POT, TASTY PORRIDGE.
A: A NUT. (RIESUTAS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EATABLES AND DRINKS (A) ; METAPHORICAL ; UTENSILS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
AUTOGRAPH
REMEMBER "M." REMEMBER "E."
PUT THEM TOGETHER AND REMEMBER "M2."
Submitter comment: FROM AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN DETROIT, 1960.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE.
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND CANNOT SEE,
PUT ON YOUR SPECS AND THINK OF ME.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY THE LADY NEXT DOOR WHO WAS ABOUT
SIXTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WROTE IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPECTACLES GLASSES SLANG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION:
THAT WHEN I'M BLUE
I'LL THINK OF YOU,
'TWILL GIVE THE WORLD
A ROSY HUE}
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.0101 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Hand clapping rhyme played by African-American children
Down down baby don't shake the roller coaster
Sweet sweet baby, I'll never let you go
Just because I kissed you, don't mean I love you
Shimmy shimmy co-co pop
Shimmy shimmy why
Shimmy shimmy co-co pop
Shimmy shimmy freeze. (freeze means to stop)
Submitter comment:
Hand claps accompany this rhyme and rhythm is very
important. You have to be well coordinated to play
these games.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; children in the community
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1989
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
IN JAIL YOU GET COFFEE
IN JAIL YOU GET TEA
IN JAIL YOU GET EVERYTHING
BUT THE DARN OLD KEY
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INCREMENTAL REPETITION INITIAL ITERATION MEDIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE A TOT,
SEND ME A LETTER FOR A PE-PE POT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: PE-PE POT FOR CHILD'S TOILET BABY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER GIRDLES ARE $2.98.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND YOUR HUSBAND IS CROSS,
TAKE A POT OR PAN AND SHOW HIM WHO'S BOSS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
REMEMBER A
REMEMBER B
REMEMBER THE DAY WE BOTH GOT D
REMEMBER THE FIGHT
REMEMBER THE FUN
REMEMBER THE HOMEWORK THAT NEVER GOT DONE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS DRUNK NOSTALGIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
DON'T GO KISSIN' BY THE GARDEN GATE,
LOVE IS BLIND BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
WITH A BAG OF CANDY AT MY FEET.
IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
YOU KNOW I DIED OF A STOMACH ACHE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1969